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Sandbach Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Crewe Road, Sandbach CW11 4NS · sandbach-pri.cheshire.sch.uk · 01270 918922
On the mapSearch near CW11 4NS
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire East 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 149
- 44 over 105 places · 142%
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.5%
- First language not English
- 13.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 14 families put the school first and 18 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 18 | 14 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Cheshire East it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Sandbach Primary Academy on 1 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111037), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111037)
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 16
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied